Shakespeare

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought.

APRIL 25, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

File Photo: A Sothebys employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623 in London, England, July 7, 2006.

Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last

The precise location of William Shakespeare’s only London home was identified in Blackfriars after researchers uncovered a previously unknown floorplan.

APRIL 20, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

TOURISTS ACCESS the viewing area of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, after the city introduces a two-euro paid entry at several monuments and museums previously free, in Rome, Italy, February 2, 2026.

Rome to charge tourists to get close to Trevi Fountain in move aimed at reducing chaos

“Two euros isn’t very much, and it will lead to less chaotic tourist flows,” said Mayor Gualtieri

FEBRUARY 3, 2026|ByESTHER DAVIS

BRITAIN'S QUEEN Camilla (R) attends a special screening of 'Hamnet', the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel, in central London on January 27, 2026.

‘Hamnet’ is Oscar-bait about Shakespeare's free-spirited wife - review

Hamnet, which just opened in theaters around Israel, is a movie about William Shakespeare’s family that really wants to be about something else.

JANUARY 27, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

LGBT-friendly remake of 'Romeo and Juliet' is vintage Hanan Snir

When the now 78-year-old director Snir is around, always expect the unexpected

AUGUST 10, 2021ByBARRY DAVIS

RUSSIAN-BORN soprano Alla Vasilevetsky and Israeli-born counterpart Tal Bergman in ‘I Capuleti e I Montecchi’ (‘The Capulets and the Montagues,’ aka ‘Romeo and Juliet’)

Shakespeare returns to Jerusalem park

Theater in the Rough’s ‘Henry IV’ opens on August 11.

AUGUST 2, 2021ByGABRIELLE ABRAMS

THE CAST of ‘Henry IV’ including Natan Skop (bottom center) and Ira Skop (top center).

LGBTQ: Israeli Opera casts two female leads as Romeo and Juliet

Bellini's Romeo and Juliet was written with two female voices in mind. Hanan Snir, the director of the show, has decided to take it one step further and adapted the story to two female lovers.

JULY 26, 2021ByMAAYAN GILOH

Israel Opera's production of Romeo and Juliet with two female leads

Author omits ‘Merchant of Venice’ from anthology, citing antisemitism

Michael Morpurgo told The Guardian on Monday about the decision not to include the play in the “Tales from Shakespeare” anthology for children older than 6.

JANUARY 5, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

Shylock and his daughter, Jessica, in this painting by Maurycy Gottlieb: A storyline of brokenhearted fathers is still relevant today

Shakespeare in the South

Desert youth bask – and flourish – in the limelight

MARCH 12, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

MIDDLE AND high school students from the Hevel Eilot region perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Elad Theater.

Clipa Theater takes on Shakespeare

The show will have its opening night on Wednesday, January 29th at 8:30pm and will include English subtitles.

JANUARY 25, 2020ByCARMEL MADADSHAHI

Shakespeare for laughs: The Virgin Atlantic London in Tel Aviv Festival

The American troupe is principally coming over here to participate in the inaugural Virgin Atlantic London in Tel Aviv Festival, which takes in a range of disciplines in Tel Aviv November 27-30.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS